Sewing-machine attachment



(ModeL) I E. T. THOMAS.

SEWING MAUHINE ATTACHMENT.

NO. Z44,093. Patented July 12,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDDY T. THOMAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE GOLD MEDAL SEWINGMACHINE COMPANY, OF ORANGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SEWING-MACHINE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,093, dated July 12,1881.

Application filed February 16, 1881. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDDY T. THOMAS, of city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sewin g-MachineAttachments, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawing, is a specification.

This invention in sewing-machine attachments has for its object thecombination, in a single attachment, of two or more bindersand a hemmer,the binders and hemmer being all attached to the same holding-plate, thelatter being provided with ahole for each binder and hemmer, the saidholes being located at different distances from the center of theholdingplate, so that the front edges of the binders and hemmer,although of different widths, will always fall in proper position withrelation to the machine-needle when the set-screw to hold the attachmentto the cloth-plate is inserted in the hole made in the cloth-plate toreceive it, and also in the hole of the holder next the hemmer or binderto be used.

The drawing represents, in top View, an attachment comprising a set ofbinders and a hemmer secured to one holding-plate provided with holes inaccordance with my invention.

The circular holding-plate A has connected with its periphery, as hereinshown, a set of three binders, abc, of different sizes and styles, butnot of any shape or style peculiarly of my invention. The hemmer d isalso secured to the said holder.

Opposite each binder and the hemmer the holder is provided with holes 6f g h, some of which are at different distances from the center of theholder A, so that when the usual attachment or gage-screw of thesewing-machine has been placed in one of the said holes nearest thehinder or hemmer to be used, and screwed into the hole made in thecloth-supporting bed or plate of the sewing-machine, the outer edges ofthe said binder or hemmer will be placed exactly in proper line withrelation to and at just the proper distance from the needle of thesewing-machine for the latter to just catch the edges of the binding orthe hem turned by the hemmer, thus avoiding the necessity of adjustingthe same longitudinally under the screw and on the said bed, asheretofore necessary when the holding-plate is slotted in the usualmanner.

I claim- 1. A sewing-machine attachment consisting of a circular metalplate provided with holes, one for each binder and hemmer, combined withthe set of three binders a b c and a hemmer, d, all rigidly secured tothe said holder, substantially as described.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a sewing-machine attachmentcomposed of a holder, a set of two or more binders of different sizes,and a hemmer, all permanently connected thereto, the holes in the holderadapted to receive the usual gage or holding screw being made therein atdiiierent distances from the center of the holder, according to thewidth of the hinder or hemmer, all substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDDY T. THOMAS.

Witnesses:

SPENCER G. DOTY, BERNARD J. KELLY.

